Adar

Adar
Hasidic Jews celebrating Purim, the holiday of the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Achaemenid Empire 474 BCE
Native name	אֲדָר‎ (Hebrew)
Calendar	Hebrew calendar
Month number	12
Number of days	29 (30 Adar I and 29 Adar II in leap years)
Season	Winter (Northern Hemisphere)
Gregorian equivalent	February–March
Significant days	Seventh of Adar Fast of Esther Purim
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Adar (Hebrew: אֲדָר‎, Standard ʾAdār; from Akkadian adaru) is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the religious year on the Hebrew calendar, roughly corresponding to the month of March in the Gregorian calendar. It is a month of 29 days.